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Top Facebook execs obscured privacy, misinformation and privacy crises, hired PR to deflect attention, lobbied in DC to limit oversight — Sheryl Sandberg was seething. — Inside Facebook's Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters, top executives gathered in the glass-walled conference room of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg.
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| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
Internal Facebook survey shows just 52% of its staff are optimistic about its future, down 32% from last year, amid scandals and a sharp stock decline — Employee surveys show weaker optimism about future, confidence in platform's mission — Facebook Inc.'s FB .77% difficult year is taking …
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| Casey Newton / The Interface: |
One reason for Facebook's aggressive PR against competitors was to manage declining morale, and retain employees who would otherwise jump ship — For some time now, Facebook has copped to being “slow.” — Confronted with any question about Russian interference on the platform … | Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Uber reports Q3 net loss of $939M, up 32% QoQ, as revenue rose 38% YoY to $2.95B; gross bookings rose to $12.7B; Eats had gross bookings of $2.1B, up 150% YoY — Uber, which is expected to go public sometime next year, just released its Q3 2018 financial results.| Rose Behar / Android Police: |
Google Assistant adds Routines integration into clock app, ability to reply to intercom-style Broadcasts, and a command to put devices into Do Not Disturb mode — In the voice assistant market, the most meaningful features often don't sound that impressive: more often than not …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Google releases Night Sight, a software update that dramatically improves low-light photos, to Pixel users — The mighty Night Sight mode is being released to Pixel phones today — Two years ago, Google's release of the first Pixel smartphone radically raised the bar for the image quality we could expect from mobile cameras.
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla publishes a privacy and security guide for 70 popular connected devices, including drones, wearables, and more, ahead of the holiday season — If you're planning on picking up some cool new smart device for a loved one this holiday season, it might be worth your while to check whether it's one of the good ones or not.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google begins rolling out an updated Google My Business app on iOS and Android, letting companies create content for their profile and view customer info — Google is giving its business customers a new way to reach their customers. The company is today starting the rollout of a revamped Google … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources provide a behind-the-scenes account of Amazon's HQ2 selection process, say the company made the decision to split HQ2 in two in September — For months, cities vied for Amazon's second headquarters while some executives were realizing that no single place would fulfill its requirements
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Cortana's mobile redesign, in beta last month, is out now for iOS, adding conversational experiences, the ability to play music and podcasts, and more — A voice assistant for those entrenched in the Microsoft ecosystem — Cortana's version 3.0 redesign, which we first saw released in beta last month …
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| Bloomberg: |
US GAO dismisses Oracle's argument that the Pentagon's $10B cloud contract violated federal standards and unfairly favored Amazon — - GAO decision deals setback to Oracle's federal contracts push — Rejection frees Pentagon to pursue single-source solution
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft acquires AI and bot developer XOXCO for an undisclosed amount; XOXCO built Howdy.ai, a commercially available bot for Slack for scheduling meetings — Microsfot is acquiring XOXCO, a conversational-AI development firm known for its Howdy.ai bot tools for Slack.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Uber launches rider loyalty rewards program with upgrades to nicer cars, access to premium support, and a waiver on cancellations if rebooked within 15 minutes — Uber's new loyalty program incentivizes you not to check Lyft or the local competitor. Riders earn points for all the money …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Netflix is testing cheaper, mobile-only subscriptions “in a few countries” including Malaysia, where it is half the price of its next cheapest package — Netflix is testing a cut-price mobile-only subscription as it explores new packages aimed at widening its appeal in Asia and other emerging markets.| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Instagram rolls out activity dashboard that shows users how much time they have spent in the app with time limiting tools and the option to mute notifications — Back in August, Facebook and Instagram announced they would introduce new activity dashboards that tracked how much time users spent inside …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
LinkedIn says it expects $2B in revenue from its media business, driven mostly by ad revenue, by the end of the fiscal year — LinkedIn, the business and employment network, says it expects to bring in roughly $2 billion from its media business — mostly via ad revenue — by the end of this fiscal year.| Angus Berwick / Reuters: |
Investigation shows how ZTE helped Venezuela's government build a system, used by as many as 18M, similar to China's national identity card program — TRICKS OF THE TRADE: Critics say China exports tools that help autocratic governments monitor citizens. Venezuelan President Nicolás …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Podcasting app Pocket Casts, which was recently acquired by a public radio collective, launches a redesign and introduces new features on iOS and Android — Pocket Casts 7 has a new look and adds requested features — Several months after the podcast app Pocket Casts was acquired by a mix … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Cisco beats with Q1 revenues of $13.07B, up 8% YoY, vs. $12.87B est., revenues of $7.64B for its Infrastructure Platforms business, up 9% YoY, vs. $7.4B est. — Cisco stock rose slightly after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for the first quarter of its 2019 fiscal year.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook launches Unsend for Messenger, letting users delete messages within 10 minutes of posting, in Poland, Bolivia, Colombia, Lithuania; global rollout soon — Not just for Zuckerberg anymore — Facebook secretly retracted messages sent by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, TechCrunch reported seven months ago.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources detail Palantir's frustration with Morgan Stanley's mutual funds, which have repeatedly lowered the valuation of their ~$3M stake, ahead of expected IPO — - Bank's mutual funds have repeatedly cut value of small holding — So Palantir sought to buy it back at lower price, people say
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
The Google Store has updated the Pixel Slate order page with shipping information estimating early December availability in the US — Last week, Best Buy and Amazon began taking pre-orders for the Pixel Slate. The Google Store this evening has updated the order page with estimated shipping …
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